WKTJ first came on air as an AM station (1380 on the dial) in 1959, with the co-owned FM signing on in 1973. The AM station played mostly a pop format (with a country and adult contemporary influence) in the 1970s and 1980s, but left the air in the early 1990s. As the only commercial radio station located in Franklin County, WKTJ is widely listened to in the community, with live DJs throughout the day and local features and sports during the school year. (Two non-commercial radio stations also originate from the county: WRGY in Rangeley and University of Maine at Farmington's WUMF.)
Programming historyedit
In January 2005, the station relaunched as "Big Hits 99.3 KTJ" with a classic hits/oldies format, while continuing with local shows such as The General Store Variety Hour and The Maine Music Hour. Beginning September 2011, WKTJ shifted to its current adult hits format.
The station also carries Boston Red Sox baseball (the WKTJ website says the station is the longest-running Red Sox radio affiliate, dating back to 1962) as well as local high school sports.
wktj, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, april, 2020, learn, when, remove, this, mess. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources WKTJ FM news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message WKTJ FM is an American FM radio station licensed to Farmington Maine known on air as Big Hits 99 3 KTJ broadcasting a full service adult hits format WKTJ FMFarmington MaineBroadcast areaFranklin County MaineFrequency99 3 MHzBrandingBig Hits 99 3 KTJProgrammingFormatFull service adult hitsAffiliationsBoston Red Sox Radio NetworkOwnershipOwnerJames Talbott Katahdin Communications Inc Sister stationsWSYY WSYY FMHistoryFirst air date1973Technical informationFacility ID22323ClassAERP1 500 wattsHAAT122 meters 400 ft LinksWebsiteBigHitsKTJ com WKTJ first came on air as an AM station 1380 on the dial in 1959 with the co owned FM signing on in 1973 The AM station played mostly a pop format with a country and adult contemporary influence in the 1970s and 1980s but left the air in the early 1990s As the only commercial radio station located in Franklin County WKTJ is widely listened to in the community with live DJs throughout the day and local features and sports during the school year Two non commercial radio stations also originate from the county WRGY in Rangeley and University of Maine at Farmington s WUMF Programming history editIn January 2005 the station relaunched as Big Hits 99 3 KTJ with a classic hits oldies format while continuing with local shows such as The General Store Variety Hour and The Maine Music Hour Beginning September 2011 WKTJ shifted to its current adult hits format The station also carries Boston Red Sox baseball the WKTJ website says the station is the longest running Red Sox radio affiliate dating back to 1962 as well as local high school sports External links editWKTJ in the FCC FM station database WKTJ in Nielsen Audio s FM station database 44 39 22 N 70 11 46 W 44 656 N 70 196 W 44 656 70 196 nbsp nbsp This article about a radio station in Maine is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WKTJ FM amp oldid 1135641360, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
